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Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales
Author: Bill
Date: 08-03-2012 - 11:16

I suspect Mark is onto something in terms of costs. Allocation of overheads is almost always the cause of silly figures like this. They have probably allocated the costs of the car purchase and maintenance, as Mark suggests, along with the costs of the Amtrak system itself to get these numbers.

Any service like this needs to be evaluated on what its contribution or cost is without allocated overheads.

Of course, using allocated costs can make anything into a money losing proposition. And if you have a political axe to grind....

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  Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales David Smith 08-02-2012 - 16:51
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 17:47
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Tom 08-03-2012 - 03:00
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 17:49
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Michael Mahoney 08-02-2012 - 18:07
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Mark 08-02-2012 - 20:00
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 20:12
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 20:13
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales SP4460 08-02-2012 - 20:19
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Carol L. Voss 08-02-2012 - 20:50
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales J Squared 58 08-02-2012 - 21:25
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Adam Smith 08-02-2012 - 21:43
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Lonk 08-02-2012 - 21:59
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 22:17
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales hmm. 08-03-2012 - 07:40
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Bruce Kelly 08-03-2012 - 08:00
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-03-2012 - 10:24
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Mark 08-03-2012 - 11:06
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Bill 08-03-2012 - 11:16
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-03-2012 - 11:39
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Burger Time 08-04-2012 - 03:25
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales wsabo 08-04-2012 - 14:27
  From someone who remembers the 1970s Minneapolis Depot 08-04-2012 - 11:35
  Re: From someone who remembers the 1970s Freericks 08-04-2012 - 14:10
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Fred Harvey 08-04-2012 - 23:15


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